a got the most beautiful half dozen of white roses for my homecoming dance last weekend and i want to save them…its now been a week that i have had them in water and they have started to turn brown so i have to do something quick…any suggestions. the buquette also includes baby’s breath and the green fern like things. any help will be much apperciated!!
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If they are starting to turn brown this is probably the only option you have. Tie a string around the stems – or you can do them individually. Hang upside down in a dry place until completely dry. Handle carefully when they are dry as they will be very fragile.
You might try spraying them with glycerine.
strip each stem of all leaves and thorns , put a rubber band on the end of each one separately add an opened paper clip to rubberband hang upside down from a hanger in the closet till dry in a week or 2. but it works best to do this when flowers are at their prettiest,cant hurt to try.
I believe now is too late, but I am not expert however, in the future when you get Roses cut the stems in an angle with a sharp utensil, to a vase of water add one teaspoon of sugar mix well and place flowers in it. This trick I learned while stationed in Germany. I have tried it and the flowers last three to four weeks nicely. I do not know if this method works when the flowers are already brown, you have nothing to loose but lots to gain. Good luck.